The R-1 zoning district is typically a single-family housing area. While most of the developed portion of the city is served with utilities, the low density status is designed to preserve those areas which have developed strictly as single-family detached units on separate lots. The dwelling unit density shall still be at a sufficient scale to support utility system operation and maintenance costs.

(Ord. No. 123, § 6.0, 6-5-89)

In the R-1 district, no uses shall be permitted unless otherwise provided in this chapter except the following:

(1)

Single-family detached dwellings.

(2)

Publicly owned and operated parks, playfields, museums, libraries and other recreational facilities.

(3)

Public, parochial or private elementary, intermediate and/or high schools offering courses in general education, not operated for profit.

(4)

Municipal, state or federal administrative or service buildings.

(5)

Home occupations.

(6)

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above principal permitted uses.

(7)

Off-street parking in accordance with section 20-81.

(8)

On-site-use wind energy systems having a height of sixty-five (65) feet or less and meeting the requirements of sections 20-650 through 20-654.

(9)

Attached accessory dwelling units subject to the provisions of section 20-601(26).

(Ord. No. 123, § 6.1, 6-5-89; Ord. No. 225, § 6, 2-1-10; Ord. No. 277, art. I, 3-18-24)

The following uses shall be subject to a special use permit:

(1)

Churches, subject to subsection 20-601(19).

(2)

Bed and breakfast facilities subject to subsection 20-601(9).

(3)

Public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings, electric transformer stations and substations, and gas regulator stations, but not including storage yards, when operating requirements necessitate locating within the district to serve the immediate vicinity, and such use is not injurious to the surrounding neighborhood.

(4)

Group day care homes subject to subsection 20-601(21).

(5)

Private roads and streets subject to section 20-85.

(6)

Wind energy systems having a height of greater than sixty-five (65) feet on parcels or specialized easements containing at least one (1) acre and meeting the requirements of sections 20-650 through 20-654.

(7)

Detached accessory dwelling units subject to the provisions of section 20-601(26).

(Ord. No. 123, § 6.2, 6-5-89; Ord. No. 211, § 6, 2-5-07; Ord. No. 217, § 10, 7-7-08; Ord. No. 225, § 7, 2-1-10; Ord. No. 277, art. I, 3-18-24)

Area, height, bulk and placement requirements, unless otherwise specified, are as provided in article XVII, schedule of regulations.

(Ord. No. 123, § 6.3, 6-5-89)

Signs shall be as regulated in article XIX, as applicable.

(Ord. No. 209, § 2, 1-2-07)